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...overtime victory over Princeton on Oct. 27 that Murphy admitted that he might have elected to go for it on a fourth down play in overtime rather than have either Adam Kingston ’04 or then-sophomore Jim Morocco attempt a game-tying field goal from the four-yard line...
Fortunately for Murphy, then-junior Garrett Schires connected with classmate Rodney Byrnes for a four-yard touchdown pass on third down, making the fourth down play call only speculation...
Trailing 29-7 early in the third quarter, Harvard took over on the Quaker 47-yard line. Fitzpatrick deftly drove the team to the Penn four-yard line before injuring his knee on a desperate scramble—a move that prompted an appearance by backup quarterback Garrett Schires. Coach Murphy—who apparently hadn’t watched the Columbia debacle last weekend—decided to let Schires attempt two pass plays on third and fourth downs, resulting in an incompletion and a sack, respectively. This prompts the question—on fourth-and-goal from...
...overtime possession, Harvard came mighty close to causing another tie situation, facing third-and-goal on the four-yard line. Having handed off to Dawson on every single overtime play, the chances of running it in looked slim. In a plucky call, Murphy sent out five wide receivers and the offensive line bought Schires enough time for the QB to find Byrnes in double coverage and secure Harvard’s eighth straight win over the Tigers...
After the defense held the Tigers to a field goal in the first overtime period, the offense took the field. Harvard coach Tim Murphy ran freshman Clifton Dawson four straight times—enough to raise his game total to 40 carries—down to the four-yard line where the Crimson faced third-and-goal...